Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Dec 1987
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987icar...72..535f&link_type=abstract
Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 72, Dec. 1987, p. 535-554.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Astronomical Models, Carbon Dioxide, Chemical Composition, Comet Nuclei, Gas Transport, Computerized Simulation, Cosmic Dust, Gas Dynamics, Ice, Solar Orbits, Comet, Comet Nuclei, Depth, Carbon Dioxide, Ice, Models, Simulations, Chemistry, Differentiation, Composition, Water Ice, Silicate, Dust, Sublimation, Surface, Temperature, Thickness, Parameters, Rotation, Latitude, Conduction, Interior, Gases, Erosion, Permiability, Layers, Orbital Elements, Production Rate, Abundance, Volatiles, Calculations, Diffus
Scientific paper
An analytical model has been developed to simulate the chemical differentiation of a homogeneous, initially unmantled cometary nucleus composed of water ice, putative unclathrated CO2 ice, and silicate dust in specified proportions. The model includes the effects of nucleus rotation, arbitrary orientation of the rotation axis, latitude, heat conduction into the interior of the nucleus, restriction of CO2 gas outflow by the water ice and dust layer, and the use of thermal conductivities for both amorphous and crystalline water ice as appropriate features. The model also accounts for the erosion of the water ice surface.
Fanale Fraser P.
Salvail James R.
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